Every leader that I know believes they have power teams in their organization but too often they believe that these occur due to some mystical personality driven relationships within the group. They also believe they are the exception rather than the rule. How to build a Power Team Organization: I believe, on the other hand, it […]

This is a guest blog from John Hawthorne and it originally appeared in https://www.floship.com/employee-engagement-strategies-2018/ – His points are very similar to my thoughts so I thank him for allowing me to share it with you. For any business to be successful, it must have three things: a robust overall strategy, exceptional leaders, and engaged employees. This […]

Fact: Change your habits/words and you can completely change your influence. Words and actions matter in today’s business, entertainment and political world. Just look at the controversies in 2017 alone where a wrong word, phrase, or action mentioned in social media or in public caused extreme defensiveness or outright resignations. The right words or action […]

AI, Robotics and Humanity is a critical topic of discussion today! Several dangerous trends are occurring in business today. For example, in the last fifty years’ enterprise companies have started to disappear at an alarming rate. The average lifespan of a company on the S&P 500 has gone from more than 50 years to less […]

In my opinion, the future of leadership is always changing and it will continue to change. However, it’s human nature, that we often want to categorize everything and everyone into small, manageable boxes subject to fixed rules and processes. It is also evident in businesses today that we are dealing with short-term thinking, a disposable […]

Unfortunately, we have developed into a society where rumors and gossip often provide convenient tools for both competitive recruiting as well as manipulation of workers. “False News” is major contention in political and business circles today and we are preoccupied with sound bite mayhem and death by innuendo. While social media is often maligned for […]

As a business coach, I am always open & excited to discuss building of a coaching based organization. I truly believe that companies who empower people will advance and flourish in this VUCCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Chaotic, Complex & Ambiguous) world we live in today? As a leader, you must really be committed to providing a […]

Have you ever noticed that the road to innovation is not straight nor is it flat, it’s disruptive, curvy and sometimes riddled with potholes? Typically, those potholes create distractions that cause burnouts, minor failures or even monumental, catastrophic failures. The net result of this can often be loss of focus and fear within many organizations, […]

Have you ever thought the world was there only to make you fail? Do you think that If you didn’t have bad luck you wouldn’t have any luck at all? This is an example of stinking thinkin’! In reality, you make your own luck, your own failures and successes with your choices. Yes, we can […]

As we start 2016, I would like to open our imaginations a bit and examine work and life from a couple of Japanese concepts that we have all heard about but few truly understand. The first we are going to look at is “Ikigai” or “the why you get up every day” and the second […]